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Turing machine

Updated: 10/17/2017 by Computer Hope

A Turing machine is a machine proposed by the Alan Turing in 1936 that became the foundation for theories about computing and computers. The machine was a device that printed symbols on paper tape in a manner that emulated a person following logical instructions.

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